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The Long Seventies Podcast is an in depth historical exploration of all things 1970's, including politics, film, television, literature, music, culture, science and artistic/philosophical movements
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Apr 15 2024
The Gauntlet with Toby Roan
We're joined by author and film connoisseur Toby Roan to talk about his book "Another Run Through The Gauntlet" and the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet. It's one of Eastwood's most underappreciated (yet over the top) films and Toby knows it inside and out. Another Run Through The Gauntlet by Toby Roan on Amazon Toby's Blog 50 Westerns From The 50s Toby's Blog The Hannibal 8 Toby's The Sorcerer Blog
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Apr 15 2024
The Gauntlet with Toby Roan
We're joined by author and film connoisseur Toby Roan to talk about his book "Another Run Through The Gauntlet" and the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet. It's one of Eastwood's most underappreciated (yet over the top) films and Toby knows it inside and out. Another Run Through The Gauntlet by Toby Roan on Amazon Toby's Blog 50 Westerns From The 50s Toby's Blog The Hannibal 8 Toby's The Sorcerer Blog
Apr 1 2024
James Riley Interview: Author of Well Beings - How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find Ourselves
We interview James Riley, author of "Well Beings - How the Seventies Lost Its Mind and Taught Us to Find Ourselves." A fascinating interview with a Cambridge scholar pulling together the various threads of the Wellness industry into a truly wild Long Seventies story. https://www.iconbooks.com/ib-title/well-beings/
Mar 15 2024
Altered States by Paddy Chayefsky
We discuss Paddy Chayefsky's 1978 novel Altered States and the 1980 film adaptation. It's an epic story of scientific zealotry, psychedelic adventure, the power of love and 4 foot protohumans.
Mar 1 2024
Get Crazy (1983): Punk Rock World and 80s Eclecticism
We discuss Allan Arkush's 1983 film Get Crazy, a truly will and crazy cinematic experience and a spiritual follow up to his earlier film Rock 'n' Roll High School.
Feb 15 2024
Joseph Matheny Interview: Ong's Hat & The Alchemy of Alternative Realities
We're honored to interview poet and Ong's Hat creator Joseph Matheny. Great stories and some original perspectives on life from a truly original and creative thinker.
Feb 2 2024
The Peoples' Temple and Jonestown
We discuss Jim Jones' The Peoples Temple, it's life and tragectory which ended in tragedy.
Jan 3 2024
Long Seventies Awards II
Round two of of Long Seventies Award Show. We're joined again by Sean from Fringe Biology Records.
Dec 16 2023
Cowboys to Cops
We discuss the transition from Westerns to Cop movies during the Long Seventies, focusing primarily on actors that started their career as Cowboys and ended the LS as Cops.
Nov 15 2023
Soul City, NC
We discuss Floyd McKissick's intentional community Soul City, North Carolina, its context, goals and why the project ultimately failed.
Nov 1 2023
The Amityville Horror & Alien: Outsideness Inside
We discuss the theory that The Amityville Horror and Alien are conceptually the same movie and why these movies terrified audiences in the Long Seventies and beyond.
Oct 16 2023
Rajneeshpuram: A Story of New Age Manifest Destiny
We discuss the story of the founding of the intentional community of Rajneeshpuram in the backcountry of Oregon and the crazy events that followed.
Oct 2 2023
Firefox & Red Dawn -- Hollywood Cold War
We discuss two important films that helped revitalize the American Cold War and militarism.
Sep 15 2023
Super Synthtracks of the Seventies
We discuss some super synth-based soundtracks and scores from Long Seventies films
Sep 1 2023
Sean Howe Interview -- Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s.
Author Sean Howe joins the show to talk about his new book "Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s.”
Aug 15 2023
Wall Street (1987): Rebranding Dystopia
We talk about Oliver Stone's 1987 drama Wall Street, starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, and wrap up the Decade of Dystopia series.
Aug 1 2023
Financialization
We discuss the rapid and sweeping financialization, corporate raiding and deindustrialization that took place during the Long Seventies and what effect it had on society.
Jul 15 2023
The Crazies (1973) & Wizards (1977): Techno-totalitarian Dystopian Horrors
Decade of Dystopia continues with two movies, The Crazies and Wizards. We discuss what these movies have in common, the dystopian visions they provide and what critique they make of the world of the Long Seventies.
Jul 1 2023
The Twin Crises of Continuity & Progress -- Decade of Dystopia
We discuss why the Long Seventies gave birth to so many dystopian creative works, specifically in the context of crises of continuity and progress.
Jun 14 2023
Logan’s Run: There Is No Sanctuary
We discuss the 1976 dystopian sci-fi classic film Logan's Run, societal symbolic illiteracy, announce the Decade of Dystopia series and much more.
Jun 1 2023
The Atrocity Exhibition: J.G. Ballard’s Syncromystical Masterpiece
We discuss acclaimed author JG Ballard’s 1969 experimental piece of transgressive syncromystical literature. Love, death, loss, trauma, tragedy, eroticism, car accidents as immanent mystical experiences, JFK, Ralph Nader, Elizabeth Taylor, WWII, Vietnam, art etc.
